BE THE TREE 2019 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 103 MLB Draft Picks GAME INFORMATION GAME 18-20 Date: March 19 Times: 6 PM Site: Tallahassee, Fla. Stadium: Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium Watch: ACC Network Extra Listen: N/A Live Stats: UCFKnights.com 2019 SCHEDULE february 6-2 15 siena W, 2-1 16 siena W, 5-1 UCF #14 FLORIDA STATE 17 siena W, 7-1 KNIGHTS SEMINOLES 19 stetson W, 10-2 RECORD: 14-6 RECORD: 14-4 22 #15 auburn L, 4-1 CONFERENCE: The American RANKING: ACC 23 #15 auburn W, 6-1 LAST SEASON: 35-21 LAST SEASON: 43-19 24 #15 auburn L, 13-9 HEAD COACH: Greg Lovelady, Miami ‘01 HEAD COACH: Mike Martin, Florida State ‘66 27 florida W, 12-9 CAREER RECORD: 213-105 CAREER RECORD: 2001-717-4 SCHOOL RECORD: 89-49 SCHOOL RECORD: 2001-717-4 march 8-4 1 jacksonville L, 8-5 KNIGHT NOTES 2 jacksonville W, 3-0 leading off 3 jacksonville W, 6-4 • UCF heads into its final non-conference game before play in The American starts this weekend with a record of 14-6, the 6 ball state W, 9-8 (13) second-best mark in the league. 8 penn state L, 5-2 • The Knights travel to Florida State, looking to snap a five-game slide against the Seminoles. 9 penn state W, 5-3 • The Black and Gold opened the year playing 19 of the first 20 on the road. Now, the Knights will play four straight away 10 penn state L, 11-5 from home. 12 yale W, 7-5 13 yale W, 8-1 a look back 15 vcu W, 10-9 • The Knights won their fourth series of the year over the weekend against VCU. 16 vcu L, 4-3 • The pitching staff struck out 33 batters, opposed to just three walks. 17 vcu W, 8-2 • The offense churned out two games with 10-plus hits, including a season-high 16 in the series opener. 19 florida state 6 pm 22 ecu* 6 pm top heavy • The top of the UCF produced some staggering numbers against VCU, combining for a .488 clip at the plate with 15 RBI 23 ecu* 4 pm and scoring 16 of the Knights 21 runs on the weekend. 24 ecu* noon • Ray Alejo hit .533 and totaled a team-high 14 total bases with five runs scored. He also hit for the weekend cycle. 27 north florida 6 pm • Dallas Beaver launched two home runs and brought in six runs for a 1.100 slugging percentage, along with four walks. 29 uconn* 6 pm • Matthew Mika added a pair of RBI and two steals. 30 uconn* 6 pm 31 uconn* 1 pm oh no, o yeah • Tyler Osik has filled the void of 2018 draftee Rylan Thomas, by hitting .385 to start the year with a .564 slugging clip. april 0-0 • Osik has the team’s longest on-base streak at 18 games, as well as a seven-game hitting streak. 2 stetson 6:30 pm • The redshirt senior has eight extra base hits, five doubles and three home runs, to go along with perfect 7-for-7 when stealing. 5 south florida* 6 pm • He is the son of Keith Osik a 10-year Major League player, spending seven with Pittsburgh. 6 south florida* 6 pm 7 south florida* 1 pm honored by the american 9 jacksonville 7 pm • Osik hit a blistering .524 with five RBI and nine runs scored over the last week to earn The American Player of the Week award. • Sunday starter Trevor Holloway earned Honor Roll status for seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts, numbers that 12 cincinnati* 6 pm would normally earn Pitcher of the Week laurels... if it were not for the perfect game thrown by ECU’s Jake Kuchmaner 13 cincinnati* 4 pm against Maryland last weekend. 14 cincinnati* noon • Chris Williams was the first Knight to be recognized by The American this season. 16 fau 6 pm 18 wichita state* 7 pm no base is safe 19 wichita state* 3 pm • UCF has 41 swipes through the opening 20 games to rank 15th in the nation and first in the league. 20 wichita state* 11 am • The Knights have stolen third 10 times and home once. 23 bethune-cookman 3 pm • Matthew Mika, Tyler Osik and Ray Alejo lead the way with 28 combined swipes. 26 memphis* 6 pm • Mika and Alejo were the top returning duo in the nation with 61 combined steals in 2018. 27 memphis* 6 pm 28 memphis* 1 pm SERIES NOTES STARTING ROTATION 30 north florida 6 pm FLORIDA STATE 6-35 Tuesday H: 2-5, A: 4-29, N: 0-1, PS: 2-7 Jordan Spicer - RHP Antonio Velez - LHP may 0-0 5/13/2014 A W 8-3 1-0, 4 App, 3 GS, 7.94 ERA 2-0, 4 App, 1 GS, 3.48 ERA 3 tulane* 7:30 pm 3/10/2015 A L 11-8 4 tulane* 3 pm 3/11/2015 A L 15-11 5 tulane* 2 pm 3/22/2016 A L 7-2 7 bethune-cookman 6 pm 3/23/2016 A W 5-4 (11) 8 miami 7 pm 3/7/2017 H L 5-2 14 fau 6:30 pm 3/8/2017 H L 5-0 16 houston* 6 pm 6/3/2017 A L 6-1 17 houston* 6 pm 3/20/2018 A L 6-4 TALE OF THE TAPE 18 houston* 6 pm 3/21/2018 A L 13-3 UCF OFFENSE FSU UCF PITCHING/DEF. FSU .284 Batting Avg. .276 3.72 ERA 5.06 A WIN WOULD .415 Slugging Pct. .519 0 Complete Games 0 21-26 The American Championship • Be better than a loss. .382 On-Base Pct. .436 6 Saves 4 31-6/3 NCAA Regionals • Make the Knights 5-0 in midweekers. 33 Doubles 39 211/85 Strikeout/Walks 179/80 6/7-6/9 NCAA Super Regionals • Snap a five-game losing skid to Florida State. 6/15-6/26 • Give the Knights their 10th win in Tallahasse 3 Triples 4 .238 Opp. BA. .223 College World Series when factoring in NCAA Regional games. 16 Home Runs 31 21 Errors 15 90 Walks 140 15 Double Plays 8 Home games in bold 41-53 Stolen Bases/Att 15-20 .972 Fielding Percentage .976 * Denotes games in The American All game times are EST. A SERIES WIN WOULD 2019 UCF BASEBALL SERIES SNAPSHOT OPP GP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER SIENA 3 .310 15 31 10-10 1.00 16 41 HELSEL, 2 IP, 6 K BERNARDO, .455 BA, 2 RBI, 3 XB AUBURN 3 .248 16 25 3-3 5.33 19 24 HOLLOWAY, 5 IP, 5 K, 0 R OSIK, .417 BA, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 2 2B JACKSONVILLE 3 .236 14 21 4-8 2.33 11 29 WILLIAMS, 6 IP, 8 K OSIK, .364 BA, 3 R, .364 SLG PENN STATE 3 .217 12 20 1-2 5.67 10 25 KEMP, 2 IP, 5 K OSIK, .375 BA, 2 RBI, 2 R YALE 2 .354 15 23 8-8 3.00 5 16 WHITEHEAD, 5 IP, 0 R MIKA, .571 BA, 2 RBI, 2 2B VCU 3 .324 21 34 8-11 3.67 3 33 HOLLOWAY, 7 IP, 7 K, 0 R OSIK, .538 BA, 4 RBI, 1 HR, 6 R ECU UCONN SOUTH FLORIDA CINCINNATI WICHITA STATE MEMPHIS TULANE HOUSTON MIDWEEK SNAPSHOT OPP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER STESTON .314 10 11 0-0 2.00 4 11 KEMP, HAKANSON - 3 K, 1 IP ALEJO, 2-3, 4 RBI, 1 HR FLORIDA .341 12 14 5-6 1.00 7 10 HAKANSON, 4 K, 2.2 IP OSIK, 3-5, 2 RBI BALL STATE .275 9 11 2-5 3.46 8 12 HAKANSON, 4 K, 2.2 IP MIKA, 2-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B FLORIDA STATE NORTH FLORIDA STETSON JACKSONVILLE FAU BETHUNE-COOKMAN NORTH FLORIDA BETHUNE-COOKMAN MIAMI FAU ` SERIES SNAPSHOT Feb. 15-17 Siena Orlando, Fla. UCF starts the year 3-0 for the 18th time in UCF leads 54-4 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 3-0 program history. Feb. 19 Stetson Orlando, Fla. Knights use a 11-hit, 10-run, 11-strikeout UCF leads 72-48 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-0 night to win first midweeker of the year Feb. 22-24 No. 15 Auburn Orlando, Fla. UCF throws two five-hitters but can’t win Auburn leads 4-1 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-2 home series against the No. 15 Tigers Feb. 27 at No. 5 Florida Gainesville, Fla. No return trip needed for this series after the Florida leads 20-27 McKethan Stadium SEC Network + 1-0 Knights made it four straight wins March 1-3 Jacksonville Orlando, Fla. UCF bounces back from a series opening loss UCF leads 43-38 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 2-1 as Chris Williams makes his 2019 debut March 6 Ball State Orlando, Fla. The Knights needed 13 innings and three Tied 1-1 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-0 multi-run rallies to beat the Cardinals March 8-10 Penn State Orlando, Fla. Knights drop series finale after giving up seven First Meeting John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-2 runs in the seventh inning.